William Fell, a Quaker, settled and built his first storehouse
some time before 1763, an area that later became known as Fells Point.
This bustling harbor settlement was incorporated into Baltimore Town,
in 1773. The Fells Point Ship Yard produced the first frigate of the Continental
Navy, the Virginia, in 1775 and the Constellation in 1797.
Between 1784 and 1821, at least 800 ships were built at Fells Points shipyards,
with the most famous being the speedy "Baltimore Clippers." The effectiveness
of these ships and the privateers that manned them caused the British
to attack Baltimore in 1814, but they were turned away after the battle
at Fort McHenry .

The Fells
Point Historic District is a harborside community that encompasses approximately
75 acres. Predominately 18th- and 19th-century residential, commercial and light
industrial buildings, Fells Point also includes antebellum warehouses and some
Victorian architecture as well. The district was home to seaman and sailmakers
that lived in the small two-story houses as well as prosperous merchants and sea
captains that occupied the larger three-story homes. Now a middle-class neighborhood,
the residents continue to support the waterfront open market that dates to the
18th century.

Fells Point Historic district is bounded by Aliceanna, Wolfe and
Dallas Sts. and the Baltimore harbor. The district is a combination
of public and private properties.Visit the Fells
Point website for more information.

Admiral Fell Inn, within Fells Point Historic District, is a Historic
Hotels of America member, a program of the National Trust for Historic
Preservation.